Originally Posted by
westrid_dad
Curious, what bike / wheel set are you currently using for your commuter?
My four-seasons, all-conditions commuter is a 2006 Trek Portland, shown in this older photo with the Planet Bike Cascadia fenders and Nokian W106 studded snow tires.
Those are also the factory wheels, which were pretty much garbage. That's also the old +17 degree stem. I'm more flexible now.
After that winter, I had new wheels built using Velocity's (now-discontined) 32-hole VXC hoops, Shimano Alfine dynamo hub in front, Velocity Road Disc hub in the back and DT Competition spokes laced 3-cross with brass nipples. These wheels have been flawless. Shown here with its three-seasons tires and SKS P-series fenders. I use the 35mm ones in the three-seasons and the 45mm one in the winter over the studs. I've just switched to the Longboard version of the P-series fender. The front one comes down to two inches above the pavement.
My current three-seasons and dry roads winter commuter (no pics available) is a 2013 Ribble Winter/Audax frame with Deda Black Rain carbon fork with fender eyelets. I bought the frameset-only and moved components over from the frame it replaced. It too rides on wheels I specified: 32-hole Velocity A23 (F), A23 O/C (R) hoops, the same Shimano Alfine dyno hub I came to like on the Portland, Velocity road hub in the rear, and laced 3-cross with DT Revolution spokes and brass nipples. This bike too sports SKS P-35 fenders.